Tomorrow, October 3rd see the launch of a discussion group hosted by The Center Archive and OutHistory’s First Tuesday Queer History Meetup. It’s all part NYC Trans Oral History Project (NYC TOHP), a community archive devoted to the collection, preservation, and sharing of trans histories. They are about to start a two-week residency at the Park Avenue Armory where they will host an incredible array of LGBTQ+ artists, scholars, dancers and oral historians to share their work, converse and activate the archive’s collection of over 200 trans-New Yorkers’ stories.
On the evening of October 3, t-boy picnic will present ”Transmasculine Futures”, a conversation bringing together those who identify with transmasculinity (6-8 pm), and on Oct 4th, TransEquity will present an evening of performances, Born with Red Ink: stefa marin alarcon and Cecilia Gentili, as well as a screening of Born with an Extra Rib (6-8pm).
During the second week of NYC TOHP’s residency, Jewish Currents will host “How to Build a Radical Archive: Oral history and the people who make it,” convening Black and Jewish oral historians for a conversation on diasporic archival work, moderated by Ari Brostoff (October 11, 6-7:30pm). Queer|Art and the NYC TOHP revive the Flashback Series with an intergenerational conversation between Fran Tirado and Connie Fleming on Oct 12, 6-7:30. Finally, two separate experimental dances entitled “Exult and open: dance figure” by Reed Rushes & Kate Williams, and Josie Bettman will be performed on October 13, 6-7:30pm. All events are free of charge, please RSVP here to attend: https://linktr.ee/nyctransoralhistoryproject.
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